Sage Elementary

Sage Elementary, a sprawling elementary-level community in Rock Springs, Wyoming, run under Sweetwater County School District #1, teaches 352 students, covering grades K through 3. By comparison, Wyoming's public schools average about 216 students each, so Sage Elementary sits 63% larger than that benchmark.

Sage Elementary is one of 15 schools operated by Sweetwater County School District #1, a district that instructs 4,789 students overall.

Demographically, Sage Elementary records that 70% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 26% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

Looking at school resources, Sage Elementary logs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.6:1 average. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Sage Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.7%, the actual is 49.7%, a residual of -4.0 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Sweetwater County indicate median household earnings sit near $75,034, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Sage Elementary is one of 26 public schools in Sweetwater County (combined enrollment of about 7,075 students).

Pilot Butte Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sage Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sage Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 48.2%.

Sage Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 18%: 299 students in 2018 compared to 352 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 20% to 26% over that span.

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